The revelation that Baltimore’s retired deputy comptroller shredded documents in the midst of a Labor Department investigation has evoked a reaction all too common among this town’s political class:

Silence.

Following disclosures by Fox45 News and The Brew that the former second-in-command to Comptroller Joan M. Pratt was somehow able to enter City Hall last week and destroy documents, there has been no comment by Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young.

There was no response from his office to our multiple queries seeking his take on the bizarre episode or how it impacts public trust in government.

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